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map fiber map a huge rrlly protesting the governor's proposed state pension reform is set for today in annapolis.leading the fight, is the american federation of state, county and municiple employees. employees.megan gilliland is ballimore with more on what they're fighting for. for.good mmrning patrice, afscme is calling this the, looks like many people have had enough.at least five thousand people are expected pr. protest.they're upset with the governor's proposal... ttat says state workers would have to mmke a choice now... to either pay more into their reeirement... or more for theer benefits.right now, our state pension fund is about 19-billion dollars short of what it neees to sustainn payouts for stateeretirees. governor o'malley says something has to be done because the current system is simply unsussainable.

3 "the state gov are in trouble primarily because of where the economy has gone and because the accumullted liability and because of the size of state payrolls and because of the expansiveness of the state govts, these things are all &pnow coming to a head." head." the rally starts at 6 o'clock tonight outside lawyers mall in annapolis.a major road in front of the capital will be closed.senate president mike miller has warned colleges to arrive early to tonight's ssssion. he's already described it, as quooe "the niiht from hell." live from afscme maryland, megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. a baltimore county girl remains in serious conditon this morning, after she was aatacked bb two pitbulls. it happened over the weekend in dundalk, right outside the child'sshouse.witnesses say the 7-year old as riding hee bike when two pit bulls goo free from their yard .. chased her down, and attacked.several people ran to help, but one dog wouldn't let go.witnesses

say the girl suffered bites all over her body. her head and neck were auled and some of her hair was chewed off. 15:01 "and then we just heard screaming and then we looked down and saw the dogs dragging her into the stteet." street."a neighbor's dog was also severely bitten during the incident.animal control seized one of the dog's responnible for biting the child. charges are now pending against the owner. authorities are still searching for the gunman who shot three people ... leaving one of them dead. 2 men and a woman were shot while leaving a deli in north baltimore.it happened saturday night around six at the intersection of gorsuch avenue and independence street. 19-year-old tanise ervin was shot. she was taken to johns hopkins where she later died. the male victims...ages 20 and 24 are in stable condition at area hospitals. police have not made any arrests. 3 an arlington, virginia woman is murdered and her co-worker sexually ssaulted in bethesda. it happened friddy

yoga and athletic apparel ..a - storee 30-year-old she and her co-worker had closed for the day but went back into the store because they forgot something. a memorial for jayna was held outside the store. 3 e liked to travel and she liked to hike and very athletic person..and full of sp" 3 3 i don't know what it is. it's horrific beyond words. words. police say the mennwho attacked the victims were wearing masks and gloves. police say they got into the store through a door left open. a new york man... accused of stabbing his estranged wife to death... is arrested in anne arrndel county.42 year-old michael kenny is wanted for &pkilling denise kenny... in a police caught up with him friday nighh... on his way to visit relatives in millersville.kenny is now being held for quessioning. a 11 year old girl disappeared baltimore ... and her family -

says authorities are doing 15-year-old andrea gardner disappeared monday, february pamily says she was supposed to catch an m-t-a bus to edmondson high school... but never made it. andrea's disappearance to police... but say detectives aren't doingg much to help because the teen has runaway before. lola 22:42 if they say she ran away before okay it might be a different situation this time because she's never been away from home this long 50lashari 18:36 it doesn't have a picture of her up there it doesn't have any information except for her birthday and her name 41maurice 2118 she's a good child and i'm just asking if anybody seen her to let us know becauss i'm worried 23 the family also says there have been strange things happening since andrea disappeared. a couule of &pnights ago ... they got an anonymous phone call from a man saying he saw the girl in a houseeon mount holly street. pnd just recently, someone opened a facebook page under her name. a bbltimore police spokesperson says the pepartment takes all missing persons cases seriously...

anyone withhinformation about gardner is asked to call 9-1-1. it's been three days... since an 8-point-9 magnitude death toll is still rising this morning.japanese police have found another one- thousand bodies..which doubles the official death toll... of more than 16--undred.this news comes.. as another explosion at a badly damaged nuclear power plant injures several more people.it's the second eeplosion there since saturday. government's response and he international community's pledge for humanitarian aid. 3 plumes of thick white smoke over the fukushima daiichi (foo-koo-shee-mah die-eee-chee) nuclear power plant on monday.the blast is the second at that facility since saturday.radiation levell outside the plant remain elevated...but the japanese government says the radiation released in the blasts doesn't pose an immediate safeey or health aren't so sure.i'm due to give birthhsoon. i want to know exactll what is going on at

the nuclear plant. i'm scared. experts say the threat of a meltdown is still very real, despite ongoiig efforts to &pcool the reactor's core with sea water.it's a taak made eeen harder because the earthquake knocked out the facility's electricity and the massive tsunami flooded its backup generators.supposedly, they had battery back-ups. they generally have on site electrical geeeration. but what happened with that tsunami, i have no idea. i mean, we never anticipatee thh tsuuami.meanwhile, as the search for survivors continues, japan's prime minister made a plea for strength to his people.i am confident theejapanese people can be united to wwrk together to favor this difficulty.. nearly 70 countrres around the world have pledged to dedicate hardest hit cities.i'm greg black reporting.

japan's nuclear safety agency says that another reactor's this morning. this marks the third of six nuclear reactors in trouble at the country's biggest nuclear power lant. 3 the first work stoppage in pro football in almost a quarter century is official. on friday, the nfl locked out the players after both sides failed to reach an agreement on how to split 9-billion dollars in football revenue. the pllyers are suing the owners now in federal court.... accusing the league of conspiracy and anti-competitive practices. the n-f-l lockout has fans here in baltimore angry. angry. caatain defense ... a superfan of the baltimore ravens ... held a protest against the n-f-l owners and the players.they gathered in front oo m-and-t stadium to say "what about the fans?" "me as a fan, i'm just sick and tired getting taken for granted. sometimes i get the, nfl talking about partnership, well i guess they're talking

about the players and the fans because we're not. t the basically they're saying give us your money and go in the corner and shut up we don't want to heaa you." the fans say they want to make it clear they're protesting againnt the n-f-l and the whole situatioo.... not a bit of hollywood is coming to charm city....h-b-o has announced plans to film the made for t-v movie "game change"... in baltimore.the film will follow the campaign of senator john mccain during his 2008 presidential campaign. actress julianne moore will play the role of sarah palin. the production is expected to bring almoss 2-thousand jobs to the area.a crew will begin scouting locations next week. coming up on the early edition... who gets more of your tax money? school kids.. or prisoners?we're crunching the n. numbers. 3 ((break 1)) ((bump in)) 3

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including the 2011 jetta. awesome. plus it's an iihs top safety pick. even better. but they're going fast. so, i guess this is where you tell me i got to hurry or it's gone right? yep. going going gone. get it? it's funny. [ male announcer ] the volkswagen going going gone event. hurry in, and for a limited time while they last, get a 2011 jetta for $179 a month. visit vwdealer.com today. who do you think is getting mooe of your tax dollars... prisoners, or school childden? elizabeth prann breaks down the numbers. -------------------------------- ---- as state lawmakers across the nation wrangle over budget deficits, many are also trying to keep up with the increasing costs to run overcrowded prisons.coleman says: "we're paying about

18,000 dollars per prisoner just to keep them, to house &pthem, for security, for facultya?& just to house the prisoner." while correctionn budgets keep growing, lawmakers in georgia and other states are deciding where else to cut. and ttat has some education advocates worried.callahan says "unfortunately, the pie, the state revenue not only in georgia, but across theenation has been shrinking the last several years so the battle for those funds is even more serious than it was before." many states &phave large spending gaas between education and spends nearry 18 thousand dollars per prisoner each year, but only about 38 hundred dollars per student. p theestate of new york has the highest gap- at 55 thousand dolllrs per inmate and 16 thousand per student. callfornia spends 47 thoussnd per prisoner and only thousand dollaas per student. whhle michigan allots 34 thousand per inmate and just about eleven thousand per student.

law enforcement officials say it's necessary spending. head says: "we have crime committtd by people who have no respect for human life. we who have no respect for people property -- yours or anybody else's. but educators like tim callahan say spending enough money n schools today, could help lower prison populations, and budgets, in the uture.callahan says: "the message is very clear. if we don't have well educated students wwo later in life may turn to crime they will end up costing us twice as much as it would to educate a student." some law enforcement experts agree that cutting prison luxuries like recreation and air conditioning while relying on alternative correction programs for minor offenders could reduce budgets down the road. but for now, they say keeping dangerous criminals off the streees is a spending ppiority. in atlanta elizabeth prann fox news. straight ahhad... and lawmakers want to cut fees for small business owners when you use your debit card.why thisscould hurt you. you.and ...intimidation.. caught on tape.where suspects are being recorded dmitting their crimes.and the prosecutoo now using their words against them. 3&((break 3))

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for a big fight...over debit cards. the card companies sayythe government will swipe ábillionsá from them ... with a plan to cut the fees stores have to pay every time áyouá swipe áyour card. peter barnes tell us how small business owners say áthey'reá the real &pvictims...along with you. 3 3 coming up...

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